The SOHMO Mini Mending Kit is the kit you keep close rather than store away – in a handbag, a desk drawer, a bedside table, or a travel bag. Small enough to forget it’s there until you need it, complete enough to handle the moment when you do.

What makes this kit different from a generic travel sewing set is what’s inside. Each item is a proper SOHMO product – chosen because they actually work, not because they were cheap to include.

What’s in the tin:

Matchbox Scissors – SOHMO’s custom-designed squeeze scissors, airline-safe and sharp enough to cut thread cleanly. The same scissors that come in their own matchbox packaging, miniaturised into this kit.

Easy Thread Needles (pack of 20, made in Japan) – self-threading needles that thread with a single press. No squinting, no needle threader required. For anyone who’s ever lost five minutes trying to thread a needle under bad lighting.

Tape Measure – the SOHMO tape measure. Because mending without measuring is just guesswork.

Two spools of thread – one white, one black. Strong polyester, covering the most common mending scenarios without overcomplicating the kit.

Two shirt buttons – ready for the moment a button goes missing. White, versatile, and already in the tin.

Five Coilless Pins – snag-free safety pins for marking, tacking, and securing fabric without catching on threads.

There’s also room in the tin to add your own bits – an extra button you’ve been meaning to keep somewhere sensible, a specific thread colour, a small needle minder. The tin is slightly larger than it needs to be for the contents, and that’s intentional.

A genuinely useful gift for anyone who lives in their clothes and occasionally needs to fix them – the person who travels frequently, the student heading to university, the colleague who’s always asking if anyone has a needle and thread. At $39.95 it sits at a sweet spot for a considered, practical gift that doesn’t feel like an afterthought.

• Tin size: 95 x 55 x 20mm
• Weight: 82g
• Packed in Australia